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Post by bartiks on Nov 22, 2019 11:37:36 GMT -5
I hated having to climb those things working at my old job. Slick, slick, slick; add a little water or a high humidity day and then they become really fun. Not to mention if they have an ample supply of water. By far the tallest tree I've ever had to climb. And the fun part is the clean up after you are done. Allergic to trees? You are now after you run some of these limbs thru a chipper.
On the underside of the leaves in late spring thru fall there is like a pollen or some yellow fibers that will choke a horse. You cough so hard to hurl, can't see out of your eyes and the snot, boy does the snot flow. Good times, I highly recommend it to any one. The only way you could clean up the mess was to grab a limb hold your breath and run, throw the branch in the chipper and keep running to get out of the "cloud" of pestilence.
I would just as well notch and drop the tree then light it on fire. Hated those trees, I think I would rather climb a honey locust than those things.
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Nov 23, 2019 22:59:38 GMT -5
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Post by greyhair on Nov 23, 2019 22:59:38 GMT -5
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Nov 24, 2019 12:12:50 GMT -5
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Post by firstwd on Nov 24, 2019 12:12:50 GMT -5
Sycamore trees LOVE water and provide the largest leaf of any native tree in the state. They get large and the wood doesn't burn very well at all. Trees drop lots of leaves, seed balls, bark and even limbs which do not break down very easily because of the way the wood repels water. I avoid them for stands because they tend to have more of a skin vs a bark and anything the stand needs to grip the tree can easily slip. I have couple truck loads of sycamore from the storm father's day weekend. For wood that everybody says doesn't burn very well, it seems to keep the house about 80° quite easily.
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Nov 24, 2019 12:19:18 GMT -5
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Post by duff on Nov 24, 2019 12:19:18 GMT -5
Quarter sawn logs look alot like oak. Makes good tables and bowls
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Post by jbird on Dec 2, 2019 10:17:10 GMT -5
Sycamore trees LOVE water and provide the largest leaf of any native tree in the state. They get large and the wood doesn't burn very well at all. Trees drop lots of leaves, seed balls, bark and even limbs which do not break down very easily because of the way the wood repels water. I avoid them for stands because they tend to have more of a skin vs a bark and anything the stand needs to grip the tree can easily slip. I have couple truck loads of sycamore from the storm father's day weekend. For wood that everybody says doesn't burn very well, it seems to keep the house about 80° quite easily. I tend to have one heck of a time getting it to burn in brush piles and the like.....at least not until you get some significant heat going. Maybe the stuff I work with still has too much moisture or the like....it just doesn't seem to burn as readily as other stuff from what I have found. If it works for you....the more power to you. If I have learned anything from forums and the like it is that there is more then one way to do ANYTHING! And what works for some doesn't work for others for one reason or another.
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Dec 2, 2019 18:22:08 GMT -5
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Post by firstwd on Dec 2, 2019 18:22:08 GMT -5
I have couple truck loads of sycamore from the storm father's day weekend. For wood that everybody says doesn't burn very well, it seems to keep the house about 80° quite easily. I tend to have one heck of a time getting it to burn in brush piles and the like.....at least not until you get some significant heat going. Maybe the stuff I work with still has too much moisture or the like....it just doesn't seem to burn as readily as other stuff from what I have found. If it works for you....the more power to you. If I have learned anything from forums and the like it is that there is more then one way to do ANYTHING! And what works for some doesn't work for others for one reason or another. I've heard it my entire life, so it always got avoided. My brother and I went through all the wood we remember avoiding growing up and have been surprised by how well a lot of it heats. My best guess is because I don't leave it outside for a year or two before it gets burned. Most of mine gets put inside after about 6 months, so it continues to dry but not suffer the adverse weather issues.
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Dec 2, 2019 20:35:28 GMT -5
Post by 36fan on Dec 2, 2019 20:35:28 GMT -5
I've never had any problem burning it, but it has also had plenty of time to cure before it was used in a fire pit.
A cousin helped me cut some up, and he used it in his wood burning stove to heat his house. He told me it made the house smell like bacon, so now we refer to it as "bacon wood".
I've always heard cottonwood doesn't put out much heat.
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Post by duff on Dec 2, 2019 21:12:46 GMT -5
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Dec 2, 2019 21:14:58 GMT -5
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Post by welder on Dec 2, 2019 21:14:58 GMT -5
I've never had any problem burning it, but it has also had plenty of time to cure before it was used in a fire pit. A cousin helped me cut some up, and he used it in his wood burning stove to heat his house. He told me it made the house smell like bacon, so now we refer to it as "bacon wood". I've always heard cottonwood doesn't put out much heat. It doesn't. Mainly because it WILL NOT BURN! Neither will persimon.
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Post by esshup on Dec 2, 2019 23:20:58 GMT -5
BTU output has a LOT to do with how much moisture is in the wood. To get wet wood you have to turn the moisture to steam and THAT takes a lot of BTU's that aren't going to heating your house.
Cottonwood, Tulip Tree, Sycamore, Aspen all carry a lot of moisture when green. Oak needs 2 years to dry out and longer if it's sitting outside where it gets rained on after being split and stacked.
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Dec 3, 2019 9:07:28 GMT -5
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Post by (Not Ronald) Reagan on Dec 3, 2019 9:07:28 GMT -5
Anyone have a good book or website for identifying different trees in the state?
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Post by duff on Dec 3, 2019 22:50:34 GMT -5
Anyone have a good book or website for identifying different trees in the state? Charles Deam's Trees of Indiana
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